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- Platform: The Front Squat
- Great no bullshit article
- Rippetoe Power Rack Depth - Pros and Cons?
- Need help with something odd?
- Pendlay Do wins size question
- chinups and pullups -- frequency method
- Pendlay article on T-Nation
- Tell me it ain't so
- Taking out Pull Ups, just doing Chin Ups (Practical Programming 1)
- 11 reps @ 90%rm - why, and how to program with this in mind?
- SS - 5/3/1 hybrid
- Some questions from a brazilian guy about SS
- Does my wrist flexion have anything to do with my stiff lower back?
- Insert generic title about a stuck Press
- You Must Understand the Gravity of Your Situation
- Gym in/near Lewisville TX?
- Young Men Doing Work......................
- big numbers, low bodyweight?
- Jack LaLanne - A Life Well Lived
- SS nonsense?
- Too old for big weights?
- Exercises for a 50 year old
- Microloading Through Mixing Plates of kg and lb
- power snatch standards
- Low intensity cardio okay?
- Do PCs progress slower?
- transition from barefoot to olympic weightlifting shoes
- Weightlifting Factory
- Found out I weigh more than I thought, not very happy :/
- Training difficulties from someone who just doesn't get it
- Lifting Shoes
- Squat Dip?
- 95-year-old woman sets sprinting record
- Grippers/Straps For Deadlift
- Training the elderly
- Elbow Wraps
- Added too much by mistake
- Training in Cold Weather
- Adding weight each time.
- More efficient levers
- Shoulder shrugs & deadlifts
- Overhead Pressing for Baseball Players/Throwers
- Jerky "Gym" - counting down the days....
- Correlation between PC and deadlift?
- Is cardio really that bad?
- Double Body Weight Squat Club
- "Damn". A short rant.
- Escalating Density Training
- Incredibly Weak Today
- What is Recommended for a Woman who Can't Bench or Press the Bar?
- New at SS
- Gym's in Brooklyn
- 50 Greyskull Approved Conditioning workouts for the Modern Viking?
- Cold Weather Lifting
- Core training with deadlift and squat. Gymballs etc vs lifting
- Villain Challenge 2
- One leg way stronger then other
- Deadlifting in lifting shoes
- Before and after measurements / gains?
- Oly lifting program
- Someone help me out with helping friends (smith machine question included)
- Hello, and Combating Old-age Soccer Atrophy...
- SS Training facility in San Francisco
- Back at it--Shoulders and Chest
- question about supplements.
- deadlifts: double overhand hook grip or mixed?
- The Bulls Are Back
- Old Power Perfects for Sale
- Questions about Squat and deadlift
- Bill Pearl Interview
- HS Squater
- New Geezer: Thoughts on increasing squat frequency and OLY lifts
- Olympic Lifting for 17 year old
- Trade your shoes?
- Old guy thinking of starting SS novice program, but...
- replacement for deadlifts
- Stalling on Bench Press :(
- Strongman Resources
- Squat depth woes
- When Do I Stop Bulking?
- Changing Volume
- Starting Strength's Love Affair with BMI
- First Time Full Snatches & One Clean & Jerk
- A little confused, help!
- Is there life after an epidural?
- Starting Strength... Two Weeks at a Time?
- This guy's squat form...
- Check my progress?
- Structuring a Practice Week
- quick bench questions
- Throwing the shot and bench press progression
- lifting goals advice
- Almost Starting Strength - But Real Desire to be a Beast
- Iron Supplements cause GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome)
- A new way of training for powerlifters
- Gaining 100 lbs in both squat and dead lift for a newb. getting to 400#s
- Powerlifting gear for a newbie
- aerobic exercise post lifting or pre?
- A question about seasonal training for new lifters.
- Incorporating olympic lifts into the Advanced Novice program (and some other stuff)
- How Much Milk For Me? Starting Picture Attached.
- Legend equipment
- Strength standards and expectations
- Inspiration
- Question for the ladies - Belts & Belly Button Rings
- Food to help against joint pain?
- What can people usually lift more in? Push press or high catch snatch?
- Belt help with prioproception?
- Power Cleans with Iron Weights
- Combat Worst-Case Scenario
- Are you supposed to arch your lower back on squats?
- I wanna sign up for a raw PLing meet...
- Where Do I Buy Jeans?
- Is it normal for form to slightly break down on heavy DL?
- Quick Question
- Should you repeat weight if you miss only one rep during squats?
- Morning WOD
- Carbs and Carb Timing
- Hypertrophy - any benefit?
- Training with plantar fasciitis
- Skibicki and Marotta, I Hereby Challenge You!
- anyone know of any coaches near biloxi, MS?
- 5' 7" 'ers
- Can't mircoload, no plates
- Frustrated
- Highbar = ~85% lowbar?
- Lumbar pain after squatting
- Hard time with the bench press
- One leg dominant squat
- BB vs DB Bench Press
- Novice Effect Questions
- Workout length and time between sets
- grizzly wrist wraps
- Joliet Illinois
- Elbow pain
- Not so sissie bench race to 2 plates / 225lbs / 100kg
- Old timey lifts
- Low Back Muscle Tightness
- fuck my fucking back, etc.
- Form breaking down on friday
- Adidas Shoes
- Am I cheating the press by pausing at the top?
- Evaluate my conditioning program
- Strength development
- Outer hip pain
- When should you start using Training Gear?
- Pullovers.
- How to fit in cardio
- Rehbands
- 43 year old male - questions re progression
- Dips/chins ratio
- Bounce at the bottom of the press
- starting weight for cleans
- Weights to Plates Olympic Spreadsheet (Tool)
- Workaround Back Injury
- Testosterone levels
- I want new equipment: Better barbell? or Bumper plates?
- A few thoughts on searching/ finding information
- After Starting Strength
- hand placing and wrist pain while squating and PC replacment
- Merrell Barefoot shoes
- The Road Is Long..............
- Do powerlifters focus on aesthetics at all?
- Physical preparation for kids age 6 /12
- Excited to begin Starting Strength, but weak and overweight
- weekend warriors!, need help please
- Are 0.25kg plates necesary or helpful?
- Knees caving in on squat
- lower back rounding
- muscle memory and SS
- Deadlifts Aren't Just for Powerlifters
- When training pays off
- Squat Form Check
- 2 Plates a side overhead
- The Environment for Growth...
- Bench Press Form - Bad Habit
- Coaching/Gym in Sacramento
- Idea: Novice to Intermediate Race/Mutual Accountability
- Overhead Press/Bench Press Imbalance
- Advice?
- Traing with injury
- SS questions
- Arthrosynovitis
- Bull City Barbell Open in Durham, NC on May 21
- HB/LB squat and back safety
- Training Run
- Not going low enough
- Total novice attempting first workout, having difficulty keeping bar level -- advice?
- 500/400/300 Goal
- Training in paradise (Hawaii)?
- When is it normal to use smaller increments?
- Sudden soreness
- knee pain for a long time
- Need advice
- programming discrepancy from the text
- Pain in glute/hip/hamstrings area with squats, deadlifts and single leg movements
- Damn painful arms/programming/proper use of advil
- training shoes
- starr rehab question
- Black Nike Romaleos
- Low Back Pain, Would Like to Train Around
- Deadlift, Press and Bench Press Form Check
- Fellow Ontarians
- Anteriot Pelvic Tilt, Postural Assessment in general and your opinion
- It Was A Bad Day To Be A Weight
- Using a Belt.
- Could My Lower Back Issues Be Explained By Lifting In Running Shoes?
- recovery from illness
- Headaches During Exercise
- Squat Check
- Linear Progression question
- Chinups - Dead hang or stretch reflex?
- Questions considering certain training gear...
- What’s the Single Best Exercise?
- Squatting Arm Pain
- DUMB ASS moment
- Barbells
- Beginner Squat form check please!
- Are my lifts out of whack?
- bicep pain when i bench.
- Just a couple of questions
- Question for all U guys and gals that have finished SS..
- How soon do you normally decrease the increments?
- Riding my bike to work
- Bench press got stuck
- Young Novice Lifters
- How to Incorporate Power Work Without Power Cleans?
- The effect of the bench press on the shoulders
- Chucks vs Rip's shoes
- Help!
- Purpose of Bodybuilding / Intermediate Program as a Pre-Cursor To
- Anybody train at Monster Gym in Kingwood TX
- Too late for Starting Strength?
- Weights Stunt Growth? + few other queries
- Hip flexor/ASIS tendonitis: what should I do/avoid doing?
- Training one day a week
- The Bulgarian Method of Training Olympic Weightlifters
- Creatine not working
- I Just Noticed This
- 30+ couple needs advice.
- Unracking bench press
- cardio????
- What constitutes a set?
- Becoming stronger without gaining too much weight?
- Choosing a Belt
- Rip's new program
- Lower Back stiffness/tightness
- Knees buckling in again
- Burning out HARD on Texas Method
- Deadlift form check.